Alejandro De Aza

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Matt Harvey cruised through four scoreless innings, and the New York Mets pounded Miami pitching in an 11-0 victory that spoiled Giancarlo Stanton's return to the Marlins' lineup Sunday.

Making his second start of the spring, Harvey felt encouraged that he handled the NL East-rival Marlins, a team that's traditionally given him trouble.

"In the past my track record against Miami hasn't really been that great," said Harvey, who is 2-2 with a 3.48 ERA over the past three years against the Marlins. "It's nice to finally figure them out a little bit."

Harvey allowed one hit and walked two while striking out four, with one of...

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